turion 64

[Snakexor]

question of the day is:

how well do they o/c??

 

[phaxmohdem]

Probably as good or better than their A64 counterparts of the same speed grade, due to their low voltage/heat output. Never seen one myself, so I could be talking out of my butt.

 

[filibusterman]

have one in my lappy. never oc it but i believe its an expensive alturnative to other 64 chips as they run on lower wattage. also they are only socket 754 at the moment so you can run dual channel ram.

 

[Snakexor]

but how well do they o/c is the ??

 

[EightySix Four]

No one has tried, no one knows... give it a shot and tell the world.

There's a good chance they'll get a good OC.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Actually some people have tried. I don't have any links, but I might be able to dig them up if you REALLY want to.

Anyway, the gist of it is that they don't OC well. To my knowledge, Turion 64's do not scale well to high clocks. AMD used thicker gates to reduce current leakage and as a result "slower" transistors that do not switch quickly. I think people were having trouble breaking 2.5GHz on a 2GHz chip; which isn't bad, but not worth it IMO.

I see little reason to go S754, unless you're getting a deal